Angræcum. ] „CXXXIII. ORCHIDEÆ (ROLFE). 139 
7-8 lin. long; spur slender, slightly curved, 14—13 in. long. Column 
stout, 25 lin. long.—Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 904; A. apiculatum, 
Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4159. Listrostachys biloba, Kränzl. in Engl. Jahrb. 
XXil, 28, in note. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Whitfield, cultivated specimens! Gold Coast : 
Cape Coast Castle, Bowdich, cultivated specimens! Togoland, Baumann, 592! 
Originally flowered in Messrs. Loddiges’ nursery in 1840, Abyssinian specimens 
formerly referred here belong to A. brachycarpum, Reichb.f. A. bilobum, var. Kirkii, 
Reichb. f., is referred to A. Kirkii, Rolfe. 
12. A. Batesii, Rolfe. Stem very short, about 5-leaved. Leaves 
obovate-oblong, obliquely and obtusely bilobed, attenuate at the base, 
3-4 in. long, 1-1} in. broad. Scape slender, pendulous, 14 ft. long, 
about 8-flowered. Bracts ovate-oblong, subacute, cucullate, 14 lin. long. 
Pedicels slender, 1} in. long. Flowers white. Sepals and petals linear- 
lanceolate, acuminate, 7-9 lin. long. Lip narrowly oblong-lanceolate, 
acuminate, reflexed at the sides, 6-7 lin. long; disc convex near the 
base ; spur slender, strongly curved below the middle, 24-24 in. long. 
Column stout, 24 lin. long; rostellum subulate, curved, 2 lin. long. 
Upper Guinea; Cameroons: Efulen, in damp forest, hanging from twigs near 
the ground, Bates, 412! 
A fruiting specimen collected between Bumban and Lokko, Sierra Leone, Scott- 
Elliot, 5740! appears to be closely allied. The leaves are oblanceolate-oblong, 
6-63 in. long, 10-13 lin. broad. Racemes 9-10 in. long. Capsules cylindric, 
23-25 in. long, 24-3 lin. broad. 
13. A. flexuosum, Rolfe. Stem short, about 1 in. long, with 
many long roots, 3—5-leaved. Leaves oblong, unequal at the apex, 
2-44 in. long, 8-12 lin. broad, cuneate-attenuate at the base; apex 
obscurely bilobed. Racemes slender, ascending, flexuous, 6-10 in. long, 
many-flowered, with about 2 sheaths at the base. Flowers white. 
Bracts broadly ovate-obtuse, cucullate, 14—24 lin. long. Pedicels 1 lin. 
long, spreading. Sepals and petals lanceolate, acute, subequal, 6 lin, 
long. Lip oblong-lanceolate, acute; spur slender, curved, 8—9 lin. long. 
Column clavate, 2} lin. long; pollinia with a single clavate stipes; 
rostellum bifid, with short lobes.—Radinocion flexuosum, Ridl. in Bolet. 
Soc. Brot. v. 200, fig. A. 
Lower Guinea. St. Thomas: without locality, Quintas, 16! Saudade, 
2400 ft., Quintas, 91! 
Separated generically by Ridley on account of the slender, somewhat elongated 
column, which, however, is much exceeded in A. gracillimum, Kränz, It is closely 
allied to the preceding and following species. 
14. A. henriquesianum, Rolfe in Gard. Chron. 1890, viii. 466 
(not of Ridl.). Stems short, about 5-leaved. Leaves oblanceolate- 
oblong, obscurely and obliquely bilobed, 14-3 in. long, 3-1 in. broad. 
Racemes pendulous, 5-6 in. long, about 10-flowered. Bracts broadly 
triangular-ovate, obtuse, 2 lin. long. Pedicels 7-8 lin. long, light buff- 
brown. Sepals and petals lanceolate, acute, 4 in, long, white, faintly 
